XINETD.LOG(5)

NAME

xinetd.log - xinetd service log format

DESCRIPTION

A service configuration may specify various degrees of logging when attempts are made to access the service. When logging for a service is enabled, xinetd will generate one-line log entries which have the following format (all entries have a timestamp as a prefix):

entry: service-id data

The data depends on the entry. Possible entry types include:

START generated when a server is started

EXIT generated when a server exits

FAIL generated when it is not possible to start a server

USERID generated if the USERID log option is used.

NOID generated if the USERID log option is used, and the

IDONLY service flag is used, and the remote end does not identify who is trying to access the service.

In the following, the information enclosed in brackets appears if the appropriate log option is used.

A START entry has the format:

START: service-id [pid=%d] [from=%d.%d.%d.%d]

An EXIT entry has the format:

EXIT: service-id [type=%d] [pid=%d] [duration=%d(sec)]

type can be either status or signal. The number is either the exit status or the signal that caused process termination.

A FAIL entry has the format:

FAIL: service-id reason [from=%d.%d.%d.%d]

Possible reasons are:

fork a certain number of consecutive fork attempts

failed (this number is a configurable parameter)

time the time check failed

address the address check failed

service_limit the allowed number of server instances for this

service would be exceeded

process_limit a limit on the number of forked processes was

specified and it would be exceeded

A DATA entry has the format:

DATA: service-id data

The data logged depends on the service.

login remote_user=%s local_user=%s tty=%s

exec remote_user=%s verify=status command=%s

Possible status values:

ok the password was correct

failed the password was incorrect

baduser no such user

shell remote_user=%s local_user=%s command=%s

finger received string or EMPTY-LINE

A USERID entry has the format:

USERID: service-id text

The text is the response of the identification daemon at the remote end excluding the port numbers (which are included in the response).

A NOID entry has the format:

NOID: service-id IP-address reason

SEE ALSO

xinetd(1L), xinetd.conf(5)

28 April 1993 XINETD.LOG(5)